Cook v. State

On November 27, 1949, Mathis Cook shot and killed one Julius Smith by means of a .38 Caliber revolver. Thereafter the defendant, Mathis Cook, was charged by an information filed in the district court of Oklahoma county with the crime of murder; was tried; convicted of manslaughter in the first degree; and sentenced to serve 20 years imprisonment'in the penitentiary; and has appealed.

There are many assignments of error set forth in the brief of defendant. We have carefully considered each of them and have come to the conclusion that only one of such assignments- in error has substantial merit.

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